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Noncompete clauses push down wages and trap workers in lousy jobs, so of course they're beloved by employers. The FTC wants to change that.

Federal Trade Commission FTC announced Proposed Rule to ban noncompetes nationwide. Given harm noncompetes cause by restricting employee ability to seek better employment, proposal is excellent news for employees across the United States.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law issued the following testimony by Federal Trade Commissioner Christine S. Wilson for a Sept. 28, 2021, hearing entitled "Reviving Competition, Part 4: 21st Century Antitrust Reforms and the American Worker":. Finally, I will briefly touch on procedural irregularities at the...

Author Bio Bram Berkowitz mainly writes in the financials bureau covering the banking sector. Prior to The Motley Fool, he wrote about and covered community and regional banks in New England for The Warren Group. Follow @BramBerko Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is launching a new advisory group inside the bank to improve sales practices and enhance customers experiences, the company announced in a press release. The Office of Consumer Practices (OCP) will report to c...

A team led by Michael Lipsitz, a lawyer hired away from Santander last year, will look at everything from whether prices are fair to whether complaint data contains notable trends.